General Registration won’t open for a little while yet, so now is the perfect time to reserve your spot in this fun and historic tournament by taking the Father Dave McC-Note Challenge. Full details are below. 25 people are already in, and around now is when a bunch more start sending in their McC-Notes to reserve their spots.

See you at Waterloooooooooooo
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It’s Father Dave McC-Note Time

The way it works is this: send the Waterloo Club a check or money order for $100 now. Your spot in the tournament is guaranteed. When fees for the different divisions are set, we will deduct from your $100:

All the money left goes directly to the charity. In 2008, there were 55 McC-Note Challengers (even though a few ended up cancelling, this was still well over half the field). This added over $1800 to the total charitable donation!

To clarify something that has come up occasionally: this money saves “your” spot, not “a” spot. Once the tournament fills up and there is a waitlist, if you have to cancel you can’t just give your spot to someone else. As with any cancellation, the spot goes to the next person on the waitlist. If you do have to cancel, you will receive a refund of everything except what would have gone to the charity (and that money will still be added to the donation).

Don’t wait too long and miss out on this wonderful event. Send in your money now and you won’t have to worry about it filling up without you.

A quick reminder that the 32nd Annual Waterloo Disc Golf Classic is coming up in just 6 weeks. Regular registration will probably open before too much longer so this is a great time to reserve your spot by becoming a Father Dave McC-Note Challenger (see first post in this thread for details).

The really big push right now though is sponsorship. I’m way behind on getting this out, so I could really use everyone’s help in getting a lot of sponsorship rounded up for this event. We not only need a lot of cash (to cover the big park reservation fee), but we also need a lot of merchandise sponsorship too. These items make up our huge raffle and silent auctions, as well as lots of CTPs for the players and other fun contests and give-aways.

The sponsorship request letter is copied below. You can get a copy of it as a Word file by emailing me at gordon @ ventbird.com. It will also hopefully be available for download from this site fairly soon.

If you, or someone, or some business you know can sponsor, we would really appreciate it. It takes a lot of folks approaching a lot of businesses to get good sponsorship, especially in these tough economic times. The money we raise for the charity will go to help out a lot of families in need, and almost all charities are having a much more difficult time getting donations these days. If you have any questions, please contact Stevo Barnes or myself.

The Waterloo Disc Golf Club is proud to announce that it is hosting the 32nd Annual Waterloo Disc Golf Classic at Waterloo Park in Austin, Texas. This historic disc golf tournament is the longest running tournament in the Southwestern U.S. and one of the oldest in the country. This year the dates are set for October 16-18, 2009. The 32nd Waterloo Classic will again benefit the Austin Ronald McDonald House (RMH).

The RMH is a wonderful non-profit, charitable organization that provides a home away from home for families with critically ill children undergoing treatment at area hospitals. This allows parents the chance to be close to their children when they are needed most.

Thanks to the support of our great sponsors, we have donated more than $58,000 in cash and supplies to RMH over the last eleven years. The goal for 2009 is to raise $9,000. Won’t you please help by being a sponsor of this wonderful tournament? Sponsorship can be in the form of cash, merchandise, or a combination of the two.

• For a sponsorship of $200 or more: your logo or name on the back of the official tournament shirt, plus on a tee-box sign. This sign will be seen by all of the competitors each time that they play the course. Your name will also be added to the Sponsor List that will be displayed at the course and distributed to the players.

• For $100 - $199: your name on a tee-box sign and on the Sponsor List.

• For up to $99: your name on the Sponsor List.
Please mail all sponsorship to Waterloo Disc Golf Club, PO Box 33531 Austin, TX, 78764 (checks payable to WDGC). If you wish, you may make your check payable directly to Austin Ronald McDonald House in order to get the tax benefits of a charitable donation. For more information, please contact Stevo Barnes at 512-451-2064, or Gordon Maxim-Kelley at 512-858-1615 (gordon@ventbird.com).
Thank you for your support!

Below is the flyer for the 32nd Waterloo Disc Golf Classic. If you are interested in playing, please mail in your registration with payment as soon as possible. This event fills up every year, and it has been known to fill within as few as 5 days after registration begins, though it sometimes takes a bit longer, like 7,10, or 14 days to fill up. Anyway, don’t wait. If you aren’t sure if you can play, my advice is to register anyway. If you have to cancel, you’ll get almost a complete refund. The only thing we’d keep is the portion that goes to the fundraising and it will still go towards the fundraising ($4 for regular registrations; amount varies by division for McC-Notes). Plus you’ll make someone on the waitlist very very happy 

Mailing the form and payment in is the BEST way to register. Postmarks are used to determine date of entry. You can also register in person with me at the Thursday Zilker events, and at the Ace Race at Zilker on Saturday, September 26th (assuming spots are still available at that point).

This is a PDGA “C” tier event at Waterloo Park in Austin, Texas. Proceeds from this tournament go to the Austin Ronald McDonald House and disc golf projects here in Austin’s parks. One dollar per person per round will go to the fundraising as well as the proceeds from the RING OF FIRE, the RAFFLE, and the SILENT AUCTIONS.

All Singles players MUST check in at tournament HQ either Friday afternoon between 1:00 – 7:00 pm or Saturday morning between 7:30 – 8:30 am. (on the wooden deck at 13th & Trinity). Anyone not checked in by 8:30 am Saturday will be dropped and the spot filled with someone from the waitlist.

Doubles will be on Friday afternoon; $10 per person ($20 per team); flex start tee off begins at 1:00 pm and continues until around 4:30 – 5:00 pm.

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Agreeing to be legally bound, I hereby release the City of Austin, the City Of Austin Parks & Recreation Department, the PDGA, and the Waterloo Disc Golf Club and its staff from any and all liability for any injury or liability I may incur as a result of my participation in the 32nd Annual Waterloo Disc Golf Classic, October 16-18, 2009.

I am looking for a partner for Friday Doubles. I'm not very active in the scene anymore and don't know anybody playing Waterloo, but I throw a good adv. division score (I usually cash) . For the most part, I want to get a round in on the course before the weekend.

I will be at the park on Friday around 1pm, and want to get started on the round as early as possible.

Sorry for all the delays and lack of information. It always sucks that right around the time so much of the Waterloo stuff is bearing down, our company's fiscal year-end happening too (Sep 30th). Ah, the joys of being the "money guy". Unfortunately, neither one of those things is going to change. Ce la vie.

The tournament is full and the waitlist is going strong. I have sent out all of the confirmation for the people who made it in except for a few that don't have email. If you have entered but not gotten a confirmation (and aren't on the list) please contact me and let me know.

If you'd like to be added to the waitlist, just let me know. The best ways are to send me a PM through the PDGA DISCussion Board or the club website, send me an email at gordon @ ventbird.com or call me at home (512) 858-1615 and leave a message on the machine (even in Austin you mayneed the area code as I live in Dripping Springs and somephone companies consider that "long distance" - sheesh )

If someone withdraws, we will contact the next person on the waitlist.

I just need your name and contact info (email and/or phone number). It can help to know your division (for when we make up scorecards), but that won't affect whether or not you get in. We don't have set numbers of people in a division, so... for example: it won't help to be willing to play pro when you normally play advanced. If there is a spot for you, we'll get you in regardless of your division.

If you clear the waitlist before the tournament gets here, I'll contact you about it. Otherwise, the only thing you have to do is be there Saturday morning at tourney HQ when check-in closes at 8:30 am. Tournament HQ is at the wooden deck near Trinity & E. 13th Street. If anyone drops out at the last minute or hasn't checked in, we'll drop them and fill their spot with someone from the waitlist.

If you are on the waitlist, don't despair. Even if you are far down on the list, there is always hope. At least twice in the last few years, everyone on the list who chose to show up Saturday morning actually made it in. However, to be fair in expectations, we have had other years where not many folks (or none) have cancelled and so not many on the waitlist made it in.

Waterloo Park is located in downtown Austin. It is bordered by E.15th, Red River, E.12th, and Trinity. Tournament HQ is on the wooden deck near Trinity & E.13th.

This is VERY IMPORTANT!Everyone registered for the main singles tournament must check-in either Friday October 17th between 1 pm and dark, or Saturday morning October 17th between 7:30 am – 8:30 am. Anyone not checked in by 8:30 am on Saturday will be dropped from the tournament and the spot will be filled by someone on the waitlist. The tournament is too popular, too fun, and usually has too big a waitlist to let a spot go unclaimed. If you are on the waitlist, you must be at tourney HQ at 8:30 am on Saturday. If your name is called and you aren’t there, we go to the next person on the list.

Please try to check in on Friday, as it will make Saturday morning go much more smoothly if we don’t have as many people to run through the process.

Everyone playing the main tournament will receive a great player’s package.

Juniors who want to play Waterloo: We will register Juniors on Friday during check-in or on Saturday morning during the first round. Juniors will play one round per day in-between the main rounds. We already have one Junior pre-registered and we’d love to have some more, so bring out your kids, or your friends’ kids. The cost is $20 and they’ll receive some stuff for signing up plus we’ll make sure that every kid who plays wins at least something. The number of kids and their ages will determine whether we have different divisions or not.

Doubles:

Friday October 16th, flex start 1 pm – 4:30/4:45 -ish. Open to everyone, $10 per person, bring your own partner. We will have to stop accepting teams around 4:30 – 4:45 pm, so that everyone who starts will be able to finish before dark. Results will be posted as soon as possible on Saturday. Awards for doubles will be ready by lunch on Sunday the 18th. Leave contact info when signing up if you won’t be around on Sunday. In 2008, we pushed over 65 teams through on Friday, so the course plays fairly quickly. Show up early for the best chance to play, don’t wait until late in the afternoon and take a chance on being turned away. Cards will be limited to 2 teams to keep things flowing smoothly.

You can play more than once, but you must play in a different division AND with a different partner. (no longer will one team take 1st and 2nd, or 1st in both open and masters ). There will be an optional ace pot for doubles, $2 per person. If no aces are hit on Friday then the money will go towards the fundraising.

If you want to play on Friday, you should sign up and play doubles. Otherwise you’ll have to wait until after about 4:30 - 4:45 pm. This is when we’ll stop teeing off the doubles teams. You’ll need to start on hole #1, behind the doubles teams (not just anywhere in the course that looks open). We always battle to get as many doubles teams as possible through the course before dark, so just like on Saturday and Sunday we can’t have them waiting on casual players.

Directions and Parking for Waterloo:

If you are coming from IH-35, head towards downtown. Take the E.15th Street exit. Go west (turn left if you are driving north, right if you are driving south). The next traffic light is Red River, you will see the park on your left (the Erwin Special Events Center is on your right).

If you are headed for the parking garage, go two more blocks and turn left on San Jacinto. San Jacinto is a One-Way street going south. Go two blocks and turn left on E. 13th, the entrance to the garage is immediately on your left. You can also enter this same garage from Trinity, right across from the deck (Trinity is a One-Way street going north). Be sure to read parking info below - we don't want anyone getting ticketed or towed.

Parking shouldn’t be too difficult this weekend. On Friday, the state parking garages on Trinity, across the street from the park, will not be available until after 5 pm. On Saturday and Sunday, they should be available for free parking at all times (at least that’s what we know of right now). For other parking, there is a small lot in the park (enter off of 12th Street) that will be free all 3 days. There are also parking meters on Red River, 12th, 13th, and 14th streets, and some on Trinity and Brazos. You will have to pay the meters on Friday until about 5 or 6 pm, but they should be free the rest of the weekend (be sure to check the actual meter for exact times you must pay).

Charity Fundraising:

Just like last year, we are going to have two auctions instead of one. We will have one auction on Saturday and second, completely separate, auction on Sunday. On Saturday morning, we’ll put out a bunch of items. They will be on display on the deck, and there will be a bid sheet by each item. Bidding will close at the end of the day on Saturday so when your second round is over, be sure to hang around, make some final bids, and collect your winnings. We’ll do the same thing on Sunday with a whole new set of items, and we’ll close Sunday’s auction at the beginning of the awards ceremony. The silent auctions will have all sorts of great things from the small, to the large, to the really cool collectible.

Giant Raffle: Typically our raffle has over $1,000 worth of prizes, and tickets are only $1, or you can get 6 tickets for $5. Raffle tickets will drawn during the 4th round on Sunday afternoon, so you can buy them all the way up until the start of that round. Winning numbers will be posted by the end of the round, and you can collect your prizes anytime after that. You do not need to be present to win a raffle prize. If you aren’t going to be there Sunday afternoon, just put your name and phone number on the back of the ticket and we will contact you after the tournament.

Proceeds from the raffle and auction go to fundraising, so bring lots of extra cash and your check book.

We also will have a box at Tournament HQ all weekend to collect canned, boxed, or packaged foods, toys for the kids, household items and every-day necessities such as toiletries, etc. These items will be used by the families that stay at the house. We will have a big box for collection, so please go through your pantry and bring out some stuff.

The Ring-of-Fire will be held Saturday afternoon, immediately before the 2nd round (hopefully about 2:00 pm). It is $2 to play, and all proceeds go to the fundraising. Everyone is eligible to play: staff, spectators, and players. You can sign up at check-in, or all the way up to the time we start it. Ring-of-Fire is a series of putting games, and it is really fun to play. It is also fun to watch, so even if you aren’t playing, stick around to see it.

There will be NO MULLIGANS this year. Instead, the tournament is taking part in the PDGA’s Competition Endowment Program. This means that the $2 per-player PDGA fee, plus the $10 non-active member fee, is being donated to the charity instead of going to the PDGA. Thanks PDGA!!!

McHouse Concrete Challenge: Double R Disc Golf Club hosts this fun and challenging event. It is held on Hole #5 during the 4th round only (Sunday’s 2nd round). Double R will pay out 5-1 if you can make your disc come to rest on the concrete picnic table. The basket will be on top of the table, but anywhere on the concrete will win you 5 times what you bet. Give them $1 and win $5. Give them $20 and win $100. Good Luck!

Miscellaneous:

The Tayloe Toe Throw contest will be on Sunday afternoon, right before the 4th round (hopefully about 1:30 pm). It is free to everyone who wants to play, and we’ll have some prizes for the longest throws. Great to watch as well; very silly, very fun!

When can you play the course if you aren’t in the tournament?
For those folks that aren't in the singles, and really want a chance to play the regular course with baskets, there are the usual lunch breaks on Saturday & Sunday when the players will be off the course. The Juniors will be playing the course then, but that is usually only a card or two or three. Ring-of-Fire and the Tayloe Toe Toss might affect a few of the holes, but not many. You’ll need to stop playing when you hear the two minute warning for the afternoon round.

The times of the lunch breaks are hard to guess, but we hope that the course will be available around 12:30 – 2:30 on Saturday and noon – 2:00 on Sunday. If you show up and there are still players on the course, wait until things are completely clear before starting. We’ll be on a tight schedule all weekend and can’t really afford delays.

If you want to play on Friday, you should sign up and play doubles. Otherwise you’ll have to wait until after about 4:30 - 4:45 pm. This is when we’ll stop teeing off the doubles teams. You’ll need to start on hole #1, behind the doubles teams (not just anywhere in the course that looks open). We always battle to get as many doubles teams as possible through the course before dark, so just like on Saturday and Sunday we can’t have them waiting on casual players.

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